Despite what some may say about Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones may be loyal to a fault. Jones won't give up on one of his troubled players while the Cleveland Browns are hoping to welcome back their original 2016 starting quarterback. Elsewhere in the league, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger goes off; Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas hits really hard; Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was not impressed with New England fans; New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis accepts reality; and Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy might want to get off his high horse to fix his team's problems.

- Jones on defensive end Randy Gregory, who has failed multiple drug tests and is facing a one-year suspension: "I am not giving up on Randy Gregory for the Cowboys and certainly not giving up on him as a person in life - at all. Not that it makes any difference that I do, but I do not dismiss him from our future."

- Browns general manager and vice president of football operations Sashi Brown on the return of Robert Griffin III this season: "First we've got to get him healthy. He's in the process of going back to the docs. He looks like he's on pace to be able to come back later this year. If we have that, we pride ourselves in having competition at every spot and trust that he would have the opportunity to do that."

- Roethlisberger on the 35-30 loss to the Dallas Cowboys: "We are undisciplined and not accountable. That's why (the Cowboys) are one of the best in the business and we're not right now."

- New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski on getting hit by Thomas: "That was a big hit for sure; probably one of the hardest I've got hit in my career for sure. [It was] by a good player; a good fast player who's like a missile. It was a good, clean hit; nothing against it. I just took it and it just knocked the wind out of me a little bit, that's all."

- Carroll on New England's Gillette Stadium and Patriots fans: "It's not a great place. They weren't nuts … because they're so used to winning. There was a time when they kicked their last field goal to go ahead and there was a round of applause for the nice effort and stuff, [but] our guys would be going berserk. You know, we're so hungry for it."

- Revis on his struggles as a 31-year-old cornerback: "Because I'm old... You have bumps in the road. Are you going to see a one catch for one yard game? Probably not. I was 23, 24 years old... That's just not where it's at. Can I execute better and do things better? That's going to come. That's definitely going to come down the road."

- Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans on protesting the election of Donald Trump as president: "When Ashton Kutcher comes out and says we've been punked, then I'll stand again. But I won't stand anymore... I said this a long time ago. When [Trump] ran, I thought it was a joke, and the joke continues. I'm not a political person that much, but I got common sense. And I know when something's not right."

- McCarthy on the Packers' struggles this season and his status as the team's coach: "Let's just state the facts: I'm a highly successful NFL head coach. With that, I've never looked at the ride to this point as smooth or whatever the words you used. To me, it's always bumpy, and to me that's the joy of it. That's this game. That's how hard it is in the NFL. Really, what you did last year or 2010, as we know, doesn't factor. It's even more so with the parity and the youth of the team."

- New York Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was thinking Super Bowl after Monday's 21-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals: "We are really looking forward to Feb. 5 in Houston," he told ESPN. "That's the goal."